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R0096000 (rĕd′bŭd′)n. Any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Cercis of the pea family, having pinkish flowers that bloom before the leaves appear. Also called Judas tree.

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(ˈrɛdˌbʌd) n (Plants) an American leguminous tree, Cercis canadensis, that has heart-shaped leaves and small budlike pink flowers. Also called: American Judas tree

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(ˈrɛdˌbʌd)

n. any American tree of the genus Cercis, of the legume family, having small, budlike, pink flowers. [1695–1705]

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redbud - small shrubby tree of eastern North America similar to the Judas tree having usually pink flowers; found in damp sheltered underwoodCercis canadensisangiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary

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Judas tree,

name for trees and shrubs of the genus Cercis, handsome plants of the family Leguminosae (pulsepulse,
in botany, common name for members of the Fabaceae (Leguminosae), a large plant family, called also the pea, or legume, family. Numbering about 650 genera and 17,000 species, the family is third largest, after the asters and the orchids.
..... Click the link for more information. family), covered along the branches in the early spring with deep rose or (rarely) white flowers resembling pea blossoms. Species native to North America include the common redbud (C. canadensis), ranging through Mexico and the United States E of the Rockies, and the California redbud (C. occidentalis). According to tradition an Old World species was the tree on which Judas hanged himself. The bark of C. chinensis has been used in Chinese medicine as an antiseptic. The genus Cercis is classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Leguminosae.

redbud

Tree, 40 ft, (12m) with bright pink flowers appearing as little clusters on sticks. Fruit is flat, pea-pod shaped, not edible. Flowers and inner bark edible and used as tea. Astringent, for diarrhea, bleeding, dysentery.

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Judas tree,

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noun small shrubby tree of eastern North America similar to the Judas tree having usually pink flowers

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